FINDLAY TWP. (AP) - People traveling to or near Pittsburgh International Airport on Wednesday can expect to see smoke and what appears to be a crashed plane.
What those folks should also realize is that it is only a drill, a mock disaster staged to meet Federal Aviation Administration training requirements.
Airport spokeswoman JoAnn Jenny says the drill is being publicized because smoke and other aspects of the exercise will be plainly visible to the public, and officials want to avoid false alarms.
A fuselage from a C-130 cargo plane will be used in the drill, which will require rescue workers to remove “injured” passengers from the plane.
Emergency crews are required to conduct an FAA drill every three years. In September 2006, the airport staged a mock terminal fire.